When Does Fortnite Winter Royale Finals Start? NA Heats, Time and Stream

By Nicholas Barth ·

When does the Fortnite Winter Royale Finals start? The first heats for the NA tournament are set to kick off on December 11th, and we have the start time, heats and stream covered for you.

When Does Fortnite Winter Royale Finals Start? NA Heats, Time and Stream

The Fortnite Winter Royale tournament has been the first major esports competition for the popular battle royale game that any player had an opportunity to compete in. 200 players from both the North American and European regions qualified to compete in the Finals of the Fortnite Winter Royale tournament for their particular region where a $500,000 prize pool was at stake. The EU champion for the Fortnite Winter Royale has already been crowned and now the NA region will begin the process of crowning its champion on December 11th. If you are looking for all of the heats, start time and stream for the NA Finals, do not worry, as we have the heats, start time and stream covered for you.

When Does Fortnite Winter Royale Finals Start? NA Heats, Start Time and Stream

The Finals of the NA portion of the Fortnite Winter Royale tournament will be split among two days on Tuesday, December 11th and Wednesday, December 12th. Tuesday will see the top 200 players who qualified for the Semi-Finals of the NA event compete in two heats at the start time. The top 50 players from both heats will then move on to compete for the $500,000 prize pool of the Finals at the start time on Wednesday. 

There will be various high profile Fortnite players in the two NA heats of the Fortnite Winter Royale Semi-Finals, as the likes of Tyler "Ninja" Belvins, Team SoloMid player Ali "Myth" Kabbani, 100 Thieves player Ken "Kenith", Team Liquid players Jake "POACH" Brumleve and Thomas "72hrs" Mulligan and many others will be competing at start time to be in the top 50 for their NA heats after a total of five matches on Tuesday.

Fortnite Winter Royale NA Finals
(Source: Epic Games)

You can find both NA heats and all of the players that will be competing in them on the official Epic Games website that can be found here. 

The start time for the NA heats to begin their competition for qualifying for the Fortnite Winter Royale Finals will begin at 12 PM PST/ 2 PM CST/ 3 PM EST with the NA heats expected to conclude at approximately 7 PM PST/ 9 PM CST/ 10 PM EST. Wednesday will see the Winter event Finals begin at 2 PM PST/ 4 PM CST/ 5 PM EST and conclude around 6 PM PST/ 8 PM CST/ 9 PM EST. 

Viewers will be able to catch all of the action from the NA heats of the Fortnite Winter Royale Semi-Finals and Finals on the official Twitch channel for the battle royale title beginning at the start time of 3 PM EST. You can find an embedded version of the stream below for your viewing convenience. 

With 200 Fortnite players who have proven themselves as some of the best in the region of NA competing in the heats for the Winter Royale Semi-Finals on Tuesday and then into the Finals on Wednesday for the lion's share of the $500,000 prize pool, there is sure to be plenty of exciting battle royale action taking place over the next two days for the community.

(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)